Outcomes of Infants Born to Women Infected With Hepatitis B

2015141 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sarah Schillie · Hepatitis B Foundation

Tanja Y. Walker

Steven L. Veselsky · Hepatitis B Foundation

Susan Crowley · Minnesota Department of Health

Cristina Dusek · Florida Department of Health

Julie Lazaroff · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Sandra A. Morris · Texas Department of State Health Services

Abstract

Perinatal HBV infection occurred among 1% of infants, most of whom received recommended immunoprophylaxis. Infants at greatest risk of infection were those born to women who were younger, hepatitis B e-antigen positive, or who had a high viral load or those infants who received <3 HepB vaccine doses.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis B Virus Studies Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 135, Issue 5, pp. e1141-e1147

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3213

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 10.47